Standish Guerilla Gardeners

Well it seems like Wigan Council are on a sure fire mission to kill off bees and insects slowly but surely.  Obviously prefer less fruit in their meals!

Since the last post on Weedkiller and a reply from the council that stated “we are looking in to the reduction of weedkiller” – they return to dish out another dose!

But sadly this time not just in and around bushes but covered the entire plot of wild flowers and scrub under the trees that where planted a few years ago.  So so many perenial wildflowers destroyed, so many less bees, so many less butterflies.

And to cap it all they not only spray public land they have been on to my property and sprayed there too!

I would really like to know when this lazy practice will stop – lazy Wigan Council, taking short cuts today so we all pay in the future!

The effects of Weedkiller

Good afternoon to all the people who read this blog from Standish and where ever – who ever you are. welcome!  Its been a while since I wrote here, to be honest I’ve been less than well for a number of years so its been tough in more ways than one.

ANYWAY!   Sometimes you simply can’t lay back and let things rot, sometimes you simply have to take some positive action.

Recently Wigan Council (whom I have to say aren’t too bad these days) instructed their ‘gardeners’ to come and prepare for the new mowing season.  SO off they went around all the grass areas to spray some less than wonderful weed killer under the bushes to make life easier.  Well to say it looks shocking is an understatement, and I wasn’t sure what it does to the wild life and insects. Read more »

Ok a good while ago I announced that the project was closed.  Well ok thats what I said.  But when is a project you love really closed?  Never not really.  Besides Mother Nature has a her way and she gets on with it.  And wow what a job she has done.  Exploiting all the hard work and now we are really reaping the rewards.

Heres a few photographs, I’ll take some more soon but I am really happy with the way Standish Line is looking now, the amount of people that use it regularly is amazing and it has stayed quite litter free.

However   I think we can do more   anyone want to donate some crush and run stone?  I need to fill in the pot holes now I think